#cia

Humanity has been institutionalized and we are all the products of commercial and institutional life. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#humanity #institution #life

A boy in the schoolyard handing out the very same love-letter to a bunch of girls. This is what I think of ‘limited editions’ in art photography. ↗

— AtheARTIST

#art-photography #commercialisation #limited-edition #art

The salesgirl, the landlord, the guests, the bystanders, sixteen varieties of social circumstance in a day. Everyone has the power to call your whole life into question here. Too many people have access to your state of mind. Some people are indifferent to dislike, even relish it. Hardly anyone I know. ↗

— Renata Adler

#social-interaction #life

He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that they puzzle themselves as well as their friends; that their psychology is a modern development, and has not yet been understood. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#artists #complexity #friendship #music #musicians

Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love.. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #lucian-greymark #luke-garroway #mortal-instruments #love

A dirty diaper doesn’t double as a dishrag, and a politician doesn’t double as a savior.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #politicians #politics #funny

I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha! ↗

— Brian Jacques

#this-is-a-special-quote-for-me #love

I love you more than I can say, than I can even think and what you give me takes my breath away, but breathing is overrated when I can kiss you. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#vadim #love

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#social-justice #love

Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested. ↗

— David Steinberg

#beneficial #careers #going #got #help